Cate Ambrose

Cate Ambrose is CEO and Board Member of the Global Private Capital Association (GPCA), a non-profit membership organization that includes 300+ fund managers, institutional investors, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, development finance institutions, and industry advisors who manage more than US$2 trillion in assets across 130 countries.

Prior to joining GPCA (formerly EMPEA), Ambrose was President and Executive Director of the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA). Ambrose was also previously the Chief of Advocacy for the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor, a United Nations initiative where she spearheaded the commission’s work on business regulation and property rights in Africa, MENA, Asia, and Latin America. Until 2005, Ambrose was Executive Director of Programs for The Economist Group.

Ambrose is a Steering Committee Member of the United Nations Institutional Investor Partnership for Sustainable Development and on the Advisory Board of LAVCA. She is also a Board Member for Girls Write Now, a non-profit that mentors underserved young women in New York City.

Ambrose speaks and writes regularly on a range of topics related to public policy and private investment in Emerging Markets. She is a commentator on CNN En Español, Bloomberg, and Fox Business and a guest lecturer at The Wharton School. In 2023, Forbes magazine honored her by naming Ambrose to their "50 Over 50" list.

Ambrose holds an MPA in International Economic Policy from Columbia University and received her BA in Latin American studies from St. Lawrence University and the University of Madrid.